EP2866152B1 - Networked audio playback device and method for concurrently playing back an audio signal and transmitting audio information - Google Patents

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EP2866152B1
EP2866152B1 EP14181454.1A EP14181454A EP2866152B1 EP 2866152 B1 EP2866152 B1 EP 2866152B1 EP 14181454 A EP14181454 A EP 14181454A EP 2866152 B1 EP2866152 B1 EP 2866152B1
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Definitions

  • the present invention relates generally to the field of digital data processing devices.
  • One audio information source can distribute audio information in digital form to a number of audio playback devices for playback.
  • the audio playback devices receive the digital information and convert it to analog form for playback.
  • the audio playback devices may be located in the same room or they may be distributed in different rooms in a residence such as a house or an apartment, in different offices in an office building, or the like.
  • one audio playback device may be located in a living room, while another audio playback device is be located in a kitchen, and yet other audio playback devices may be located in various bedrooms of a house.
  • the audio information that is distributed to various audio playback devices may relate to the same audio program, or the information may relate to different audio programs. If the audio information source provides audio information relating to the same audio program to two or more audio playback devices at the same time, the audio playback devices will generally contemporaneously play the same program.
  • US 2002/124097 discloses a system for zone-based distribution of audio signals, including a distribution system comprising a network interface configured to receive an audio signal from an audio source, as a digital audio stream from the Internet or from a networked audio source such as a computer having mp3 files stored thereon.
  • a plurality of audio devices are connected to the distribution system by a network such as Ethernet. Each of the audio devices is configured to output an audio signal to an amplifier for playback.
  • the distribution system outputs a plurality of audio streams, each with a particular identifier, and the audio devices are configured to receive a selected one of the digital audio streams over the network based on the associated identifier, and to output the stream to the corresponding amplifier.
  • an audio playback device according to appended claim 1.
  • playing back the second audio signal comprises playing back the second audio signal in synchrony with playback of the second audio signal by the third networked audio playback device.
  • playing back the second audio signal comprises playing back the second audio signal in synchrony with playback of the second audio signal by the third networked audio playback device.
  • an audio playback device converts the digital audio information from digital to analog form, it does so using a clock that provides timing information.
  • the audio playback devices that are being developed have independent clocks, and, if they are not clocking at precisely the same rate, the audio playback provided by the various devices can get out of synchronization.
  • FIG. 1 depicts an illustrative network audio system 10 constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • the network audio system 10 includes a plurality of zone players 11(1) through 11(N) (generally identified by reference numeral 11(n)) interconnected by a local network 12, all of which operate under control of one or more user interface modules generally identified by reference numeral 13.
  • One or more of the zone players 11(n) may also be connected to one or more audio information sources, which will generally be identified herein by reference numeral 14(n)(s), and/or one or more audio reproduction devices, which will generally be identified by reference numeral 15(n)(r).
  • index "n” refers to the index “n” of the zone player 11(n) to which the audio information source is connected
  • index "n” refers to the index “n” of the zone player 11(n) to which the audio reproduction device is connected
  • the network audio system 10 may include one or more audio information sources 16(1) through 16(M) connected through appropriate network interface devices (not separately shown) to the local network 12.
  • the local network may include one or more network interface devices (also not separately shown) that are configured to connect the local network 12 to other networks, including a wide area network such as the Internet, the public switched telephony network (PSTN) or other networks as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, over which connections to audio information sources may be established.
  • a wide area network such as the Internet, the public switched telephony network (PSTN) or other networks as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, over which connections to audio information sources may be established.
  • PSTN public switched telephony network
  • the zone players 11(n) associated with system 10 may be distributed throughout an establishment such as residence, an office complex, a hotel, a conference hall, an amphitheater or auditorium, or other types of establishments as will be apparent to those skilled in the art or the like.
  • an establishment such as residence, an office complex, a hotel, a conference hall, an amphitheater or auditorium, or other types of establishments as will be apparent to those skilled in the art or the like.
  • one, such as zone player 11(1) and its associated audio information source(s) and audio reproduction device(s) may be located in a living room, another may be located in a kitchen, another may be located in a dining room, and yet others may be located in respective bedrooms, to selectively provide entertainment in those rooms.
  • zone players 11(n) and their associated audio information source(s) and/or audio reproduction device(s) are distributed throughout an office complex, one may, for example, be provided in each office to selectively provide entertainment to the employees in the respective offices.
  • zone players 11(n) and associated audio information source(s) and/or audio reproduction device(s) are used in a hotel, they may be distributed throughout the rooms to provide entertainment to the guests. Similar arrangements may be used with zone players 11(n) and associated audio information source(s) and/or audio reproduction device(s) used in an amphitheater or auditorium. Other arrangements in other types of environments will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the zone players 11(n) can be used to selectively provide entertainment in the respective locations, as will be described below.
  • the audio information sources 14(n)(s) and 16(m) may be any of a number of types of conventional sources of audio information, including, for example, compact disc (“CD") players, AM and/or FM radio receivers, analog or digital tape cassette players, analog record turntables and the like.
  • the audio information sources 14(n)(s) and 16(m) may comprise digital audio files stored locally on, for example, personal computers (PCs), personal digital assistants (PDAs), or similar devices capable of storing digital information in volatile or non-volatile form.
  • the local network 12 may also have an interface (not shown) to a wide area network, over which the network audio system 10 can obtain audio information.
  • one or more of the audio information sources 14(n)(s) may also comprise an interface to a wide area network such as the Internet, the public switched telephony network (PSTN) or any other source of audio information.
  • a wide area network such as the Internet, the public switched telephony network (PSTN) or any other source of audio information.
  • one or more of the audio information sources 14(n)(s) and 16(m) may comprise interfaces to radio services delivered over, for example, satellite. Audio information obtained over the wide area network may comprise, for example, streaming digital audio information such as Internet radio, digital audio files stored on servers, and other types of audio information and sources as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art. Other arrangements and other types of audio information sources will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the audio information sources 14(n)(s) and 16(m) provide audio information associated with audio programs to the zone players for playback.
  • a zone player that receives audio information from an audio information source 14(n)(s) that is connected thereto can provide playback and/or forward the audio information, along with playback timing information, over the local network 12 to other zone players for playback.
  • each audio information source 16(m) that is not directly connected to a zone player can transmit audio information over the network 12 to any zone player 11(n) for playback.
  • the respective zone player 11(n) can transmit the audio information that it receives either from an audio information source 14(n)(s) connected thereto, or from an audio information source 16(m), to selected ones of the other zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),... (n not equal to n', n",...) for playback by those other zone players.
  • the other zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),... to which the zone player 11(n) transmits the audio information for playback may be selected by a user using the user interface module 13. In that operation, the zone player 11(n) will transmit the audio information to the selected zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),... over the network 12.
  • the zone players 11(n), 11(n'), 11(n"),... operate such that the zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),... synchronize their playback of the audio program with the playback by the zone player 11(n), so that the zone players 11(n), 11(n'), 11(n") provide the same audio program at the same time.
  • Users, using user interface module 13, may also enable different groupings or sets of zone players to provide audio playback of different audio programs synchronously.
  • a user using a user interface module 13, may enable zone players 11(1) and 11(2) to play one audio program, audio information for which may be provided by, for example, one audio information source 14(1)(1).
  • the same or a different user may, using the same or a different user interface module 13, enable zone players 11(4) and 11(5) to contemporaneously play another audio program, audio information for which may be provided by a second audio information source, such as audio information source 14(5)(2).
  • a user may enable zone player 11(3) to contemporaneously play yet another audio program, audio information for which may be provided by yet another audio information source, such as audio information source 16(1).
  • a user may contemporaneously enable zone player 11(1) to provide audio information from an audio information source connected thereto, such as audio information source 14 (1) (2), to another zone player, such as zone player 11 (6) for playback.
  • zone players 11(1) and 11(2) comprise one synchrony group
  • zone player 11(3) comprises a second synchrony group
  • zone players 11(4) and 11(5) comprise a third synchrony group
  • zone player 11(6) comprises yet a fourth synchrony group.
  • zone players 11(1) and 11(2) are playing the same audio program, they will play the audio program synchronously.
  • zone players 11(4) and 11(5) are playing the same audio program, they will play the audio program synchronously.
  • zone players that are playing different audio programs may do so with unrelated timings.
  • zone players 11(1) and 11(2) play their audio program may have no relationship to the timing with which zone player 11(3), zone players 11(4) and 11(5), and zone player 11(6) play their audio programs.
  • synchrony group is used to refer to sets of zone players that are playing the same audio program synchronously, zone player 11(1) will not be part of zone player 11(6)'s synchrony group, even though zone player 11(1) is providing the audio information for the audio program to zone player 11(6).
  • the synchrony groups are not fixed. Users can enable them to be established and modified dynamically. Continuing with the above example, a user may enable the zone player 11(1) to begin providing playback of the audio program provided thereto by audio information source 14(1)(1), and subsequently enable zone player 11(2) to join the synchrony group. Similarly, a user may enable the zone player 11(5) to begin providing playback of the audio program provided thereto by audio information source 14(5)(2), and subsequently enable zone player 11(4) to join that synchrony group. In addition, a user may enable a zone player to leave a synchrony group and possibly join another synchrony group.
  • a user may enable the zone player 11(2) to leave the synchrony group with zone player 11(1), and join the synchrony group with zone player 11(6).
  • the user may enable the zone player 11(1) to leave the synchrony group with zone player 11(2) and join the synchrony group with zone player 11(6).
  • the zone player 11(1) can continue providing audio information from the audio information source 14(1)(1) to the zone player 11(2) for playback thereby.
  • a user using the user interface module 13, can enable a zone player 11(n) that is currently not a member of a synchrony group to join a synchrony group, after which it will be enabled to play the audio program that is currently being played by that synchrony group.
  • a user also using the user interface module 13, can enable a zone player 11(n) that is currently a member of one synchrony group, to disengage from that synchrony group and join another synchrony group, after which that zone player will be playing the audio program associated with the other synchrony group.
  • zone player 11(6) can become a member of a synchrony group, after which it will play the audio program being played by the other members of the synchrony group, in synchrony with the other members of the synchrony group.
  • zone player 11 (6) can notify the zone player that is the master device for the synchrony group that it wishes to become a member of its synchrony group, after which that zone player will also transmit audio information associated with the audio program, as well as timing information, to the zone player 11(6).
  • the zone player 11(6) As the zone player 11(6) receives the audio information and the timing information from the master device, it will play the audio information with the timing indicated by the timing information, which will enable the zone player 11(6) to play the audio program in synchrony with the other zone player(s) in the synchrony group.
  • a user using the user interface module 13, enables a zone player 11(n) associated with a synchrony group to disengage from that synchrony group, and if the zone player 11(n) is not the master device of the synchrony group, the zone player 11(n) can notify the master device, after which the master device can terminate transmission of the audio information and timing information to the zone player 11(n).
  • the zone player 11(n) can notify the master device, after which the master device can terminate transmission of the audio information and timing information to the zone player 11(n).
  • the user also enables the zone player 11(n) to begin playing another audio program using audio information from an audio information source 14(n)(s) connected thereto, it will acquire the audio information from the audio information source 14(n)(s) and initiate playback thereof.
  • the user enables another zone player 11(n') to join the synchrony group associated with zone player 11(n), operations in connection therewith can proceed as described immediately above.
  • a zone player 11(n) associated with a synchrony group can disengage from that synchrony group and join another synchrony group, and if the zone player is not the master device of the synchrony group from which it is disengaging, the zone player 11(n) can notify the master device of the synchrony group from which it is disengaging, after which that zone player will terminate transmission of audio information and timing information to the zone player 11(n) that is disengaging.
  • the zone player 11(n) can notify the master device of the synchrony group that it (that is, zone player 11(n)) is joining, after which the master device can begin transmission of audio information and timing information to that zone player 11(n).
  • the zone player 11(n) can thereafter begin playback of the audio program defined by the audio information, in accordance with the timing information so that the zone player 11(n) will play the audio program in synchrony with the master device.
  • a user using the user interface module 13, may enable a zone player 11(n) that is not associated with a synchrony group, to begin playing an audio program using audio information provided to it by an audio information source 14(n)(s) connected thereto.
  • the user also using the user interface module 13 or a user interface device that is specific to the audio information source 14(n)(s), can enable the audio information source 14(n)(s) to provide audio information to the zone player 11 (n).
  • the user using the user interface module 13, can enable other zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),... to join zone player 11(n) 's synchrony group and enable that zone player 11(n) to transmit audio information and timing information thereto as described above, to facilitate synchronous playback of the audio program by the other zone players 11(n'), 11(n")....
  • a user can use the user interface module 13 to control other aspects of the network audio system 10, including but not limited to the selection of the audio information source 14(n)(s) that a particular zone player 11(n) is to utilize, the volume of the audio playback, and so forth.
  • a user may use the user interface module 13 to turn audio information source(s) 14(n)(s) on and off and to enable them to provide audio information to the respective zone players 11(n).
  • a synchrony group 20 includes a master device 21 and zero or more slave devices 22(1) through 22 (G) (generally identified by reference numeral 22(g)), all of which synchronously play an audio program provided by an audio information channel device 23.
  • Each of the master device 21, slave devices 22(g) and audio information channel device 23 utilizes a zone player 11(n) depicted in FIG.
  • the audio information channel device 23 obtains the audio information for the audio program from an audio information source, adds playback timing information, and transmits the combined audio and playback timing information to the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) over the network 12 for playback.
  • the playback timing information that is provided with the audio information together with clock timing information provided by the audio information channel device 23 to the various devices 21 and 22(g) as will be described below, enables the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) of the synchrony group 20 to play the audio information simultaneously.
  • the master device 21 and the slave devices 22(g) receive the audio and playback timing information, as well as the clock timing information, that are provided by the audio information channel device 23, and play back the audio program defined by the audio information.
  • the master device 21 is also the member of the synchrony group 20 that communicates with the user interface module 13 and that controls the operations of the slave devices 22(g) in the synchrony group 20.
  • the master device 21 controls the operations of the audio information channel device 23 that provides the audio and playback timing information for the synchrony group 20.
  • the initial master device 21 for the synchrony group will be the first zone player 11(n) that a user wishes to play an audio program.
  • the zone player 11(n) that operates as the master device 21 can be migrated from one zone player 11(n) to another zone player 11(n'), which preferably will be a zone player that is currently operating as a slave device 22(g) in the synchrony group.
  • the zone player 11(n) that operates as the audio information channel device 23 can be migrated from one zone player to another zone player, which also will preferably will be a zone player that is currently operating as a member of the synchrony group 20. It will be appreciated that the zone player that operates as the master device 21 can be migrated to another zone player independently of the migration of the audio information channel device 23. For example, if one zone player 11(n) is operating as both the master device 21 and the audio information channel device 23 for a synchrony group 20, the master device 21 can be migrated to another zone player 11(n') while the zone player 11(n) is still operating as the audio information channel device 23.
  • the audio information channel device 23 can be migrated to another zone player 11(n') while the zone player 11(n) is still operating as the master device 21.
  • the master device 21 can be migrated to another zone player 11(n') and the audio information channel device can be migrated to a third zone player 11(n").
  • the master device 21 receives control information from the user interface module 13 for controlling the synchrony group 20 and provides status information indicating the operational status of the synchrony group to the user interface module 13.
  • the control information from the user interface module 13 enables the master device 21 to, in turn, enable the audio information channel device 23 to provide audio and playback timing information to the synchrony group to enable the devices 21 and 22(g) that are members of the synchrony group 20 to play the audio program synchronously.
  • the control information from the user interface module 13 enables the master device 21 to, in turn, enable other zone players to join the synchrony group as slave devices 22(g) and to enable slave devices 22(g) to disengage from the synchrony group.
  • Control information from the user interface module 13 can also enable the zone player 11(n) that is currently operating as the master device 21 to disengage from the synchrony group, but prior to doing so that zone player will enable the master device 21 to transfer from that zone player 11(n) to another zone player 11(n'), preferably to a zone player 11(n') that is currently a slave device 22(g) in the synchrony group 20.
  • the control information from the user interface module 13 can also enable the master device 21 to adjust its playback volume and to enable individual ones of the various slave devices 22(g) to adjust their playback volumes.
  • control information from the user interface module 13 can enable the synchrony group 20 to terminate playing of a current track of the audio program and skip to the next track, and to re-order tracks in a play list of tracks defining the audio program that is to be played by the synchrony group 20.
  • the status information that the master device 21 may provide to the user interface module 13 can include such information as a name or other identifier for the track of the audio work that is currently being played, the names or other identifiers for upcoming tracks, the identifier of the zone player 11(n) that is currently operating as the master device 21, and identifiers of the zone players that are currently operating as slave devices 22(g).
  • the user interface module 13 includes a display (not separately shown) that can display the status information to the user.
  • the zone player 11(n) that is operating as the audio information channel device 23 for one synchrony group may also comprise the master device 21 or any of the slave devices 22(g) in another synchrony group. This may occur if, for example, the audio information source that is to provide the audio information that is to be played by the one synchrony group is connected to a zone player also being utilized as the master device or a slave device for the other synchrony group. This will be schematically illustrated below in connection with FIG. 2A .
  • the zone player 11(n) that is operating as the audio information channel device 23 for the synchrony group 20 may also be operating as a master device 21 or slave device 22(g) for another synchrony group, it can also be connected to one or more audio reproduction devices 15(n)(r), although that is not depicted in FIG. 2 . Since the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) are all to provide playback of the audio program, they will be connected to respective audio reproduction devices 15(n)(r).
  • one or more of the zone players 11(n) that operate as the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) in synchrony group 20 may also operate as an audio information channel device for that synchrony group or for another synchrony group and so they may be connected to one or more audio information sources 14(n)(s), although that is also not depicted in FIG. 2 .
  • a zone player 11(n) can also operate as a audio information channel device 23 for multiple synchrony groups.
  • the master device 21 controls the audio information channel device by exchanging control information over the network 12 with the audio information channel device 23.
  • the control information is represented in FIG. 2 by the arrow labeled CHAN_DEV_CTRL_INFO.
  • the control information that the master device 21 provides to the audio information channel device 23 will generally depend on the nature of the audio information source that is to provide the audio information for the audio program that is to be played and the operation to be enabled by the control information.
  • the master device 21 may merely enable the zone player serving as the audio information channel device 23 to receive the audio information for the program from the audio information source. It will be appreciated that, if the audio information is not in digital form, the audio information channel device 23 will convert it to digital form and provide the digitized audio information, along with the playback timing information, to the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g).
  • the audio information source is, for example, a digital data storage device, such as may be on a personal computer or similar device
  • the master device 21 can provide a play list to the audio information channel device 23 that identifies one or more files containing the audio information for the audio program.
  • the audio information channel device 23 can retrieve the files from the digital data storage device and provide them, along with the playback timing information, to the master device 21 and the slave devices 22(g).
  • the audio information source may be directly connected to the audio information channel device 23, as, for example, an audio information source 14(n)(s), or it may comprise an audio information source 16(m) connected to the network 12.
  • the master device 21 can provide a play list comprising a list of web addresses identifying the files containing the audio information for the audio program that is to be played, and in that connection the audio information channel device 23 can initiate a retrieval of the files over the wide area network.
  • the audio information source is a source of streaming audio received over the wide area network
  • the master device 21 can provide a network address from which the streaming audio can be received.
  • Other arrangements by which the master device 21 can control the audio information channel device 23 will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the master device 21 can also provide control information to the synchrony group's audio information channel device 23 to enable a migration from one zone player 11(n) to another zone player 11(n'). This may occur if, for example, the audio information source is one of audio information sources 16 or a source accessible over the wide area network via the network 12.
  • the master device 21 can enable migration of the audio information channel device 23 for several reasons, including, for example, to reduce the loading of the zone player 11(n), to improve latency of message transmission in the network 12, and other reasons as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
  • the audio information channel device 23 provides audio and playback timing information for the synchrony group to enable the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) to play the audio program synchronously. Details of the audio and playback timing information will be described in detail below in connection with FIGS. 3 and 4 , but, in brief, the audio information channel device 23 transmits the audio and playback timing information in messages over the network 12 using a multi-cast message transmission methodology. In that methodology, the audio information channel device 23 will transmit the audio and playback timing information in a series of messages, with each message being received by all of the zone players 11(n) comprising the synchrony group 20, that is, by the master device 21 and the slave devices 22(g).
  • Each of the messages includes a multi-cast address, which the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) will monitor and, when they detect a message with that address, they will receive and use the contents of the message.
  • the audio and playback timing information is represented in FIG. 2 by the arrow labeled "AUD+PBTIME INFO," which has a single tail, representing a source for the information at the audio information channel device 23, and multiple arrowheads representing the destinations of the information, with one arrowhead extending to the master device 21 and other arrowheads extending to each of the slave devices 22(g) in the synchrony group 20.
  • the audio information channel device 23 may make use of any convenient multi-cast message transmission methodology in transmitting the audio and playback timing information to the synchrony group 20.
  • the audio and playback timing information is in the form of a series of frames, with each frame having a time stamp.
  • the time stamp indicates a time, relative to the time indicated by a clock maintained by the audio information channel device 23, at which the frame is to be played.
  • a message may contain one frame, or multiple frames, or, alternatively, a frame may extend across several messages.
  • the audio information channel device 23 also provides clock time information to the master device 21 and each of the slave devices 22(g) individually over network 12 using a highly accurate clock time information transmission methodology.
  • the distribution of the clock time information is represented in FIG. 2 by the arrows labeled "AICD_CLK_INF (M)" (in the case of the clock time information provided to the master device 21) and "AICD_CLK_INF (S 1 )" through “AICD_CLK_INF (S G )” (in the case of audio information channel device clock information provided to the slave devices 22(g)).
  • the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) make use of the well-known SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) to obtain current clock time information from the audio information channel device 23.
  • SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol
  • the SNTP makes use of a unicast message transfer methodology, in which one device, such as the audio information channel device 23, provides clock time information to a specific other device, such as the master device 21 or a slave device 22(g), using the other device's network, or unicast, address. Each of the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) will periodically initiate SNTP transactions with the audio information channel device 23 to obtain the clock time information from the audio information channel device 23.
  • the master device 21 and each slave device 22(g) make use of the clock time information to determine the time differential between the time indicated by the audio information channel device's clock and the time indicated by its respective clock, and use that time differential value, along with the playback time information associated with the audio information and the respective device's local time as indicated by its clock to determine when the various frames are to be played.
  • This enables the master device 21 and the slave devices 22(g) in the synchrony group 20 to play the respective frames simultaneously.
  • control information provided by the user to the master device 21 through the user interface module 13 can also enable the master device 21 to, in turn, enable another zone player 11(n') to join the synchrony group as a new slave device 22(g).
  • the user interface module 13 will provide control information, including the identification of the zone player 11(n') that is to join the synchrony group to the master device 21. After it receives the identification of the zone player 11(n') that is to join the synchrony group, the master device 21 will exchange control information, which is represented in FIG.
  • the control information that the master device 21 provides to the new zone player 11(n') includes the network address of the zone player 11(n) that is operating as the audio information channel device 23 for the synchrony group, as well as the multi-cast address that the audio information channel device 23 is using to broadcast the audio and playback timing information over the network.
  • the zone player that is to operate as the new slave device 22(g') uses the multi-cast address to begin receiving the multi-cast messages that contain the audio information for the audio program being played by the synchrony group.
  • the zone player 11(n) that is operating as the master device 21 for the synchrony group 20 is also operating the audio information channel device 23, and if there are no slave devices 22(g) in the synchrony group 20, the audio information channel device 23 may not be transmitting audio and playback timing information over the network. In that case, if the new slave device 22(g') is the first slave device in the synchrony group, the zone player 11(n) that is operating as both the master device 21 and audio information channel device 23, can begin transmitting the audio and playback timing information over the network 12 when the slave device 22(g') is added to the synchrony group 20.
  • the zone player 11(n) can maintain a count of the number of slave devices 22(g) in the synchrony group 20 as they join and disengage, and, if the number drops to zero, it can stop transmitting the audio and playback timing information over the network 12 to reduce the message traffic over the network 12.
  • the new slave device 22(g') added to the synchrony group 20 uses the network address of the audio information channel device 23 for several purposes.
  • the new slave device 22(g') will, like the master device 21 (assuming the zone player 11(n) operating as the master device 21 is not also the audio information channel device 23), engage in SNTP transactions with the audio information channel device 23 to obtain the clock timing information from the audio information channel device 23.
  • the new slave device 22(g') can notify the audio information channel device 23 that it is a new slave device 22(g') for the synchrony group 20 and provide the audio information channel device 23 with its network address.
  • the audio information channel device 23 will buffer audio and timing information and broadcast it over the network 12 to the synchrony group 20 generally at a rate at which it is provided by the source. Accordingly, when a new slave device 22(g') joins the synchrony group 20, the playback timing information may indicate that the audio information that is currently being broadcast by the audio information channel device 23 using the multi-cast methodology is to be played back some time in the future.
  • the audio information channel device 23 can also retransmit previously transmitted audio and timing information that it had buffered to the new slave device 22(g') using the unicast network address of the slave device 22(g').
  • the master device 21 can also use the slave device control information exchanged with the slave devices 22(g) for other purposes.
  • the master device 21 can use the slave device control information to initiate a migration of the master from its zone player 11(n) to another zone player 11(n'). This may occur for any of a number of reasons, including, for example, that the master device 21 is terminating playback by it of the audio program and is leaving the synchrony group 20, but one or more of the other devices in the synchrony group is to continue playing the audio program.
  • the master device 21 may also want to initiate a migration if it is overloaded, which can occur if, for example, the zone player 11(n) that is the master device 21 for its synchrony group is also operating as an audio information channel device 23 for another synchrony group.
  • the user can also use the user interface module 13 to adjust playback volume by the individual zone players 11(n) comprising the synchrony group.
  • the user interface module 13 provides information identifying the particular device whose volume is to be adjusted, and the level at which the volume is to be set to the master device 21. If the device whose volume is to be adjusted is the master device 21, the master device 21 can adjust its volume according to the information that it receives from the user interface module 13. On the other hand, if the device whose volume is to be adjusted is a slave device 22(g), the master device 21 can provide group slave control information to the respective slave device 22(g), to enable it to adjust its volume.
  • the user can also use the user interface module 13 to enable a synchrony group 20 to cancel playing of the track in an audio program that is currently being played, and to proceed immediately to the next track. This may occur, for example, if the tracks for the program is in the form of a series of digital audio information files, and the user wishes to cancel playback of the track that is defined by one of the files.
  • the master device 21 when it receives the command to cancel playback of the current track, it will provide channel device control information to the audio information channel device 23 so indicating.
  • the audio information channel device 23 inserts control information into the audio and playback timing information, which will be referred to as a "resynchronize" command.
  • the audio information channel device 23 will begin transmitting audio information for the next track, with timing information to enable it to be played immediately.
  • the resynchronize command can also enable playback of a track to be cancelled before it has been played. Details of these operations will be described below.
  • FIG. 2A depicts elements of two synchrony groups, identified by reference numerals 20(1) and 20(2), respectively.
  • FIG. 2A does not show a number of elements, the presence of which would be evident from FIGS. 1 and 2 as described above.
  • FIG. 2A does not show a number of elements, the presence of which would be evident from FIGS. 1 and 2 as described above.
  • FIG. 2A does not depict the audio information sources from which audio information is obtained for the synchrony groups or the audio reproduction devices that are used to produce sound for the master and slave devices, which are depicted in both FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • FIG. 2A does not depict arrows that represent control information provided by the respective master devices to the slave devices in the respective synchrony groups, or to the audio information channel devices that provide audio and timing information for the respective synchrony groups, which are depicted in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG.2A does not depict the arrows that represent the clock timing information provided by the audio information channel devices to the respective members of the respective synchrony groups, which are also depicted in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 2A does depict arrows representing the audio and playback timing information provided by the respective audio information channel devices for the respective synchrony groups 20(1), 20(2), to the master and slave devices comprising the respective synchrony groups 20(1), 20(2).
  • Each synchrony group 20(1), 20(2) comprises elements of a number of zone players.
  • a functional block diagram of a zone player will be described below in connection with FIG. 3 .
  • Synchrony group 20(1) includes a master device 21(1) and "K" slave devices 22(1)(1) through 22(K)(1) (the index “1" in reference numeral 21(1) and the last index in reference numeral 22(1)(1) through 21(K)(1) corresponds to the index of the synchrony group 20(1) to which they belong) utilize zone players 11(1) and 11(K+1) respectively.
  • synchrony group 20(2) includes a master device 21(2) and "L" slave devices 22(1)(2) through 22(L)(2) that utilize zone players 11(K+2) through 11(K+L+2). In the illustrative arrangement depicted in FIG.
  • both synchrony groups 20(1) and 20(2) are controlled by the user interface module 13, which can provide control information to, and receive status information from, the master devices 21(1) and 21(2) independently. It will be appreciated that separate user interface modules may be provided to provide control information to, and receive status information from, the respective master devices 21(1), 21(2).
  • the slave device 22(1)(2) in synchrony group 20(2) utilizes zone player 11(K+3).
  • the audio information channel device 23(1) that provides audio and playback timing information to the master and slave devices 21(1), 22(1)(1),..., 22(K)(1) of synchrony group 20(1) also utilizes zone player 11(K+3). As noted above, this may occur if, for example, the audio information source that is to provide audio information to be played by the synchrony group 20(1) is connected to the zone player 11(K+3).
  • FIG.2A depicts a multi-headed arrow representing audio and playback timing information transmitted by the zone player 11(K+3), as audio information channel device 23(1), to the master and slave devices 21(1), 22(1)(1),...,11(K)(1) comprising synchrony group 20(1).
  • the synchrony group 20(2) utilizes a zone player 11(K+L+3) as its audio information channel device 23(2).
  • the master device 21(2) of synchrony group 20(2) exchanges channel device control information with the audio information channel device 23(2), it is effectively exchanging channel device control information with the zone player 11(K+L+3).
  • the master and slave devices 21(2), 22(1)(2),..., 22(L)(2) of synchrony group 20(2) receive audio and playback timing information, as well as clock timing information, from the audio information channel device 23(2), they are effectively receiving the information from the zone player 11(K+L+3).
  • 2A depicts a multi-headed arrow representing audio and playback timing information transmitted by the zone player 11(K+3) as audio information channel device 23(2) to the master and slave devices 21(2), 22(1) (2),..., 22(L) (2) comprising synchrony group 20(2).
  • zone player 11(K+L+3) which is the audio information channel device 23(2) for synchrony group 20(2), is not shown as being either a master or a slave device in another synchrony group.
  • zone player 11(K+L+3) could also be utilized as the master device or a slave device for another synchrony group.
  • the zone player that is utilized as the audio information channel device for synchrony group 20(2) may also be a zone player that is utilized as the master device 21(1) or a slave device 22(1) (1),..., 22(K)(1) in the synchrony group 20(1).
  • a zone player 11(n) that is utilized as a member of one synchrony group may also be utilized as the audio information channel device for another synchrony group if the audio information source that is to supply the audio information that is to be played by the other synchrony group is connected to that zone player 11(n).
  • a zone player 11(n) may also be utilized as the audio information channel device for the other synchrony group if, for example, the audio information source is an audio information source 16(m) ( FIG.1 ) that is connected to the network 12 or an audio information source that is available over a wide area network such as the Internet.
  • the latter may occur if, for example, the zone player 11(n) has sufficient processing power to operate as the audio information channel device and it is in an optimal location in the network 12, relative to the zone players comprising the other synchrony group (that is the synchrony group for which it is operating as audio information channel device) for providing the audio and playback timing information to the members of the other synchrony group.
  • the zone player 11(n) that is utilized as a member of one synchrony group may also be utilized as the audio information channel device for another synchrony group will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the master device 21 for a synchrony group 20 may be migrated from one zone player 11(n) to another zone player 11(n').
  • the audio information channel device 23 for a synchrony group 20 may be migrated from one zone player 11(n) to another zone player 11(n'). It will be appreciated that the latter may occur if, for example, the audio information source that provides the audio program for the synchrony group is not connected to the zone player 11(n) that is operating as the audio information channel device 23, but instead is one of the audio information sources 16(m) connected to the network 12 or a source available over a wide area network such as the Internet.
  • Operations performed during a migration of an audio information channel device 23 from one zone player 11(n) to another zone player 11(n') will generally depend on the nature of the audio information that is being channeled by the audio information channel device 23. For example, if the audio information source provides streaming audio, the zone player 11(n) that is currently operating as the audio information channel device 23 for the synchrony group 20, can provide the following information to the other zone player 11(n') that is to become the audio information channel device 23 for the synchrony group 20:
  • the zone player 11(n) that is currently operating as the audio information channel device 23 for the synchrony group 20 can provide the following information to the zone player 11(n') that is to become the audio information channel device 23 for the synchrony group 20:
  • the zone player 11(n) will continue operating as an audio information channel device 23 for the synchrony group 20 for at least a brief time after it notifies the zone player 11(n') that it is to become audio information channel device for the synchrony group, so that the zone player 11(n') will have time to notify the zone players in the synchrony group 20 that it is the new audio information channel device 23 for the synchrony group.
  • FIG. 3 depicts a functional block diagram of a zone player 11(n) constructed in accordance with the invention. All of the zone players in the network audio system 10 may have similar construction.
  • the zone player 11(n) includes an audio information source interface 30, an audio information buffer 31, a playback scheduler 32, a digital to analog converter 33, an audio amplifier 35, an audio reproduction device interface 36, a network communications manager 40, and a network interface 41, all of which operate under the control of a control module 42.
  • the zone player 11(n) also has a device clock 43 that provides timing signals that control the general operations of the zone player 11(n).
  • the zone player 11(n) includes a user interface module interface 44 that can receive control signals from the user interface module 13 ( FIGS. 1 and 2 ) for controlling operations of the zone player 11(n), and provide status information to the user interface module 13.
  • the audio information buffer 31 buffers audio information, in digital form, along with playback timing information. If the zone player 11(n) is operating as the audio information channel device 23 ( FIG. 2 ) for a synchrony group 20, the information that is buffered in the audio information buffer 31 will include the audio and playback timing information that will be provided to the devices 21 and 22(g) in the synchrony group 20. If the zone player 11(n) is operating as the master device 21 or a slave device 22(g) for a synchrony group, the information that is buffered in the audio information buffer 31 will include the audio and playback timing information that the zone player 11(n) is to play.
  • the audio information buffer 31 can receive audio and playback timing information from two sources, namely, the audio information source interface 30 and the network communications manager 40.
  • the audio information buffer 31 will receive and buffer audio and playback timing information from the audio information source interface 30.
  • the audio information buffer 31 will receive and buffer audio and playback timing information from the network communications manager 40. It will be appreciated that, if the zone player 11(n) is not a member of the synchrony group, the zone player 11(n) will not play this buffered audio and playback timing information.
  • the audio information buffer 31 will receive and buffer audio and playback timing information from the network communications manager 40.
  • the audio information source interface 30 connects to the audio information source(s) 14(n)(s) associated with the zone player 11(n). While the zone player 11(n) is operating as audio information channel device 23 for a synchrony group 20, and if the audio information is to be provided by a source 14(n)(s) connected to the zone player 11(n), the audio information source interface 30 will selectively receive audio information from one of the audio information source(s) 14(n)(s) to which the zone player is connected and store the audio information in the audio information buffer 21. If the audio information from the selected audio information source 14(n)(s) is in analog form, the audio information source interface 30 will convert it to digital form.
  • the selection of the audio information source 14(n)(s) from which the audio information source interface 30 receives audio information is under control of the control module 42, which, in turn, receives control information from the user interface module through the user interface module interface 44.
  • the audio information source interface 30 adds playback timing information to the digital audio information and buffers the combined audio and playback timing information in the audio information buffer 21.
  • the audio information source interface 30 receives audio information from an audio information source 14(n)(s), converts it to digital form if necessary, and buffers it along with playback timing information in the audio information buffer 21.
  • the audio information source interface 30 will also provide formatting and scheduling information for the digital audio information, whether as received from the selected audio information source 14(n)(s) or as converted from an analog audio information source.
  • the formatting and scheduling information will control not only playback by the zone player 11(n) itself, but will also enable other zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),... that may be in a synchrony group for which the zone player 11(n) is the master device, to play the audio program associated with the audio information in synchrony with the zone player 11(n).
  • the audio information source interface 30 divides the audio information associated with an audio work into a series of frames, with each frame comprising digital audio information for a predetermined period of time.
  • an audio track may comprise any unit of audio information that is to be played without interruption.
  • an audio program may comprise a series of one or more audio tracks that are to be played in succession. It will be appreciated that the tracks comprising the audio program may also be played without interruption, or alternatively playback between tracks maybe interrupted by a selected time interval.
  • FIG. 4 schematically depicts an illustrative framing strategy used in connection with one embodiment of the invention for a digital audio stream comprising an audio work.
  • FIG.4 depicts a framed digital audio stream 50 comprising a sequence of frames 51(1) through 51(F) (generally identified by reference numeral 51(f)).
  • Each frame 51(f) comprises a series of audio samples 52(f)(1) through 52(f)(S) (generally identified by reference numeral 52(f)(s)) of the audio track.
  • Preferably all of the frames will have the same number "S” of audio samples, although it will be appreciated from the following that that is primarily for convenience.
  • the number of audio samples may differ from "S"; this may particularly be the case if the frame 51(f) contains the last audio samples for the digital audio stream for a particular audio work.
  • the last frame 51(F) will preferably contain samples 52(F)(1) through 52(F)(x), where "x" is less than "S.” Generally, it is desirable that the number of samples be consistent among all frames 51 (f), and in that case padding, which will not be played, can be added to the last frame 51(F).
  • each frame 51(f) Associated with each frame 51(f) is a header 55(f) that includes a number of fields for storing other information that is useful in controlling playback of the audio samples in the respective frame 51(f).
  • the header 55(f) associated with a frame 51(f) includes a frame sequence number field 56, an encoding type field 57, a sampling rate information field 58, a time stamp field 60, an end of track flag 61, and a length flag field 62.
  • the header 55(f) may also include fields (not shown) for storing other information that is useful in controlling playback.
  • the frame sequence number field 56 receives a sequence number "f' that identifies the relative position of the frame 51(f) in the sequence of frames 51(1)..51(f)...51(F) containing the digital audio stream 50.
  • the encoding type field 57 receives a value that identifies the type of encoding and/or compression that has been used in generating the digital audio stream.
  • Conventional encoding or compression schemes include, for example, the well-known MP3 and WAV encoding and/or compression schemes, although it will be appreciated that other schemes may be provided for as well.
  • the sampling rate information field 58 receives sampling rate information that indicates the sampling rate for the audio samples 52(f)(s).
  • the sampling rate determines the rate at which the zone player 11(n) is to play the audio samples 52(f)(s) in the frame, and, as will be described below, determines the period of the digital to analog converter clock 34.
  • the condition of the end of work flag 61 indicates whether the frame 51(f) contains the last digital audio samples for the audio track associated with the framed digital audio work 50. If the frame 51 (f) does not contain the audio samples that are associated with the end of the digital audio stream 50 for a respective audio work, the end of work flag will be clear. On the other hand, if the frame 51 (f) does contain the audio samples that are associated with the end of the digital audio stream 50 for a respective audio work, the end of work flag 61 will be set.
  • the length flag field 62 will contain a value that identifies the number of audio samples in 52(F)(s) in the last frame 51(F) of the audio work 50. If, as noted above, the frames have a consistent number "S" of samples, the samples 52(F)(x+1) through 52(F)(S) will contain padding, which will not be played.
  • the time stamp field 60 stores a time stamp that identifies the time at which the zone player 11(n) is to play the respective frame. More specifically, for each frame of a framed digital audio stream 50 that is buffered in the audio information buffer 21, the audio information source interface 30, using timing information from the digital to analog converter clock 34, will determine a time at which the zone player 11(n) is to play the respective frame, and stores a time stamp identifying the playback time in the time stamp field 60. The time stamp associated with each frame will later be used by the playback scheduler 32 to determine when the portion of the digital audio stream stored in the frame is to be coupled to the digital to analog converter 33 to initiate play back.
  • time stamps that are associated with frames in sequential frames 51(1), 51(2),..., 51(F) will be such that they will be played back in order, and without an interruption between the sequential frames comprising the digital audio stream 50. It will further be appreciated that, after a time stamp has been determined for the first frame, stored in frame 51(1), of a digital audio stream 50, the audio information source interface 30 can determine time stamps for the subsequent frame 51(2), 51(3),...., 51(F) in relation to the number of samples "S" in the respective frames and the sample rate. The time stamps will also preferably be such that frames will be played back after some slight time delay after they have been buffered in the audio information buffer 21; the purpose for the time delay will be made clear below.
  • the audio information source interface 30 in addition to dividing the digital audio information into frames, also aggregates and/or divides the frames 51(f) as necessary into packets, each of which will be of a length that would fit into a message for transmission over the network, and associates each packet with a packet sequence number. For example, if a packet will accommodate multiple frames 51(f), 51(f+1),... 51(f+y-1), it will aggregate them into a packet and associate them with a packet number, for example p(x).
  • the packets will reflect the track boundaries, that is, the packets will not contain frames from two tracks. Thus, if the last frames associated with a track are insufficient to fill a packet, the packet will contain padding from the last frame associated with the track to the end of the packet, and the next packet will begin with the first frames associated with the next track.
  • the audio information source interface 30 stores the packets in the audio information buffer 31 in a ring buffer.
  • a ring buffer includes a series of storage locations in the buffer. Each entry will be sufficient to store one packet.
  • Four pointers are used in connection with the ring buffer, a first pointer pointing to the beginning of the ring buffer, a second pointer pointing to the end of the ring buffer, an third "write” pointer pointing to the entry into which a packet will be written and a fourth "read” pointer pointing to the entry from which packet will be read for use in playback.
  • the read pointer will be advanced. If the read pointer points beyond the end of the ring buffer, as indicated by the end pointer, it will be reset to point to the entry pointed to by the beginning pointer, and the operations can be repeated.
  • the audio information source interface 30 when the audio information source interface 30 stores a packet in the ring buffer, first determine whether the entry pointed to by the write pointer points to the same entry as the entry pointed to by the read pointer. If the write pointer points to the same entry as the entry pointed to by the read pointer, the entry contains at least a portion of a packet that has not yet been read for playback, and the audio information source interface 30 will delay storage of the packet until the entire packet has been read and the read pointer advanced. After the read pointer has been advanced, the audio information source interface 30 can store the packet in the entry pointed to by the write pointer. After the packet has been stored, the audio information source interface 30 will advance the write pointer. If the write pointer points beyond the end of the ring buffer, as indicated by the end pointer, it will be reset to point to the entry pointed to by the beginning pointer, and the operations can be repeated.
  • the zone player 11(n) can operate both as an audio information channel device 23 and a member of the synchrony group 20 of which it is a member.
  • the audio information buffer 31 can contain one ring buffer.
  • the zone player 11(n) can operate as an audio information channel device 23 for one synchrony group 20(1) ( FIG. 2A ) and a member of another synchrony group 20(2).
  • the audio information buffer 31 would maintain two ring buffers, one for the audio and timing information associated with synchrony group 20(1), and the other for the audio and timing information associated with synchrony group 20(2). It will be appreciated that, in the latter case, the zone player 11(n) will only use the audio and timing information that is associated with synchrony group 20(2) for playback.
  • the playback scheduler 32 schedules playback of the audio information that is buffered in the audio information buffer 31 that is to be played by the zone player 11(n). Accordingly, under control of the playback scheduler 32, the digital audio information that is buffered in the audio information buffer 21 that is to be played by the zone player 11(n) is transferred to the digital to analog converter 33 for playback. As noted above, if the zone player 11(n) is operating as an audio information channel device 23 for a synchrony group 20 for which it is not a member, the playback scheduler 32 will not schedule the digital audio information that is to be played by that synchrony group 20 for playback.
  • the playback scheduler 32 only schedules the digital audio information, if any, that is buffered in the audio information buffer 31 that is associated with a synchrony group for which the zone player 11(n) is a member, whether as master device 21 or a slave device 22(g).
  • the playback scheduler 32 makes use of the read pointer associated with the circular buffer that contains the audio and playback timing information that is to be played by the zone player 11(n).
  • the playback scheduler 32 retrieves the packet information from the entry of the ring buffer pointed to by the read pointer, and then advances the ring pointer as described above.
  • the playback scheduler 32 determines the boundaries of the frames in the packet and uses the time stamps in the time stamp fields 60 associated with the respective frame 51(f), along with timing information provided by the zone player 11(n)'s digital to analog converter clock 34, to determine when the respective frame is to be transferred to the digital to analog converter 33.
  • the playback scheduler 32 will enable the respective frame to be transferred to the digital to analog converter 33.
  • the digital to analog converter 33 also under control of the digital to analog converter clock 34, converts the buffered digital audio information to analog form, and provides the analog audio information to the audio amplifier 35 for amplification.
  • the amplified analog information is provided to the audio reproduction devices 15(n)(r) through the audio reproduction device interface 36.
  • the audio reproduction devices 15(n)(r) transform the analog audio information signal to sound thereby to provide the audio program to a listener.
  • the amount by which the audio amplifier 35 amplifies the analog signal is controlled by the control module 42, in response to volume control information provided by the user through the user interface module 13.
  • the network communications manager 40 controls network communications over the network 12, and the network interface 41 transmits and receives message packets over the network 12.
  • the network communications manager 40 generates and receives messages to facilitate the transfer of the various types of information described above in connection with FIG. 2 , including the channel device control information, slave device control information, audio and playback timing information and the audio information channel device's clock timing information.
  • the network communications manager 40 will generate messages for transfer over the network 12 in response to control information from the control module 42.
  • the network communications manager 40 receives messages containing channel device control information and slave device control information, the network communications manager will provide the information to the control module 42 for processing.
  • the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) of the synchrony group 20 obtain the clock timing information from the audio information channel device 23 using the well-known SNTP. If the zone player 11(n) is operating as the audio information channel device 23 for a synchrony group, during the SNTP operation, it will provide its current time, particularly a current time as indicated by its digital to analog converter clock 34. On the other hand, if the zone player 11(n) is operating as the master device 21 or slave device 22(g) of a synchrony group 20, it will receive the clock timing information from the audio information channel device 23.
  • the respective device 21, 22(g) After the respective device 21, 22(g) has obtained the audio information channel device's clock timing information, it will generate a differential time value ⁇ T representing the difference between the time T indicated by its digital to analog converter clock 34 and the current time information from the audio information channel device 23.
  • the differential time value will be used to update the time stamps for the frames of the digital audio stream 50 ( FIG. 4 ) that are received from the audio information channel device.
  • the network interface 41 receives a message containing a packet containing frames of audio and playback timing information that the zone player 11(n) is to play either as a master device 21 or a slave device for a synchrony group 20, the network interface 41 provides the audio and playback timing information to the network communications manager 40.
  • the network communications manager 40 will determine whether the packet contains a resynchronize command and, if so, notify the control module 42, which will enable operations to be performed as described below.
  • the network communications manager 40 will normally buffer the various frames comprising the audio and playback timing information in the audio information buffer 31, and in that operation will generally operate as described above in connection with the audio information source interface 30. Before buffering them, however, the network communications manager 40 will update their time stamps using the time differential value described above. It will be appreciated that the network communications manager 40 will perform similar operations whether the messages that contain the packets were multi-cast messages or unicast messages as described above
  • the updating of the time stamps by the master device 21 and the slave devices 22(g) in the synchrony group 20 will ensure that they all play the audio information synchronously.
  • the network communications manager 40 After the network communications manager 40 has received a frame 51 (f) from the network interface 41, it will also obtain, from the digital to analog converter clock 34, the zone player 11(n)'s current time as indicated by its digital to analog converter clock 34.
  • the network communications manager 40 will determine a time differential value that is the difference between the slave device's current clock time, as indicated by its digital to analog converter 34, and the audio information channel device's time as indicated by the audio information channel device's clock timing information.
  • the time differential value ⁇ T T S -T C . If the current time of the master or slave device in the synchrony group 20, as indicated by its digital to analog converter clock 34, is ahead of the audio information channel device's clock time as indicated by the clock timing information received during the SNTP operation, the time differential value will have a positive value. On the other hand, if the master or slave device's current time is behind the audio information channel device's clock time, the time differential value ⁇ T will have a negative value.
  • the network communications manager 40 can generate an updated value for the time differential value ⁇ T when it receives the clock timing information from the audio information channel device 23, and will subsequently use the updated time differential value.
  • the network communications manager 40 uses the time differential value ⁇ T that it generates from the audio information channel device timing information and zone player 11(n)'s current time to update the time stamps that will be associated with the digital audio information frames that the zone player 11(n) receives from the audio information channel device. For each digital audio information frame that is received from the audio information channel device, instead of storing the time stamp that is associated with the frame as received in the message in the audio information buffer 21, the network communications manager 40 will store the updated time stamp with the digital audio information frame.
  • the updated time stamp is generated in a manner so that, when the zone player 11(n), as a member of the synchrony group plays back the digital audio information frame, it will do so in synchrony with other devices in the synchrony group.
  • time value T U F according to the slave device's digital to analog converter clock 34 is simultaneous to the time value T F according to the audio information channel device's digital to analog converter clock 34
  • the zone player 11(n) device will play the digital audio information frame at the time determined by the audio information channel device 23. Since all of the members of the synchrony group 20 will perform the same operations, generating the updated time stamps T U F for the various frames 51 (f) in relation to their respective differential time values, all of the zone players 11(n) in the synchrony group 20 will play them synchronously.
  • the network communications manager 40 will generate updated time stamps T U F for all of the time stamps 60 in the packet, and then store the packet in the audio information buffer 31.
  • the network communications manager 40 can compare the updated time stamps T U F associated with the frames in the packet to the slave device's current time as indicated by its digital to analog converter clock 34. If the network communications manager 40 determines the time indicated by the updated time stamps of frames 51(f) in the packet are earlier than the zone player's current time, it can discard the packet instead of storing it in the audio information buffer 21, since the zone player 11(n) will not play them. That is, if the updated time stamp has a time value T U F that identifies a time that is earlier than the zone player's current time T S as indicated by the zone player's digital to analog converter clock 34, the network communications manager 40 can discard the packet.
  • the control module 42 of the zone player 11(n) enables the network communications manager 40 to engage in an exchange of messages, described above in connection with FIG. 2 , to enable the other zone player 11(n') to join the synchrony group 20 as a slave device.
  • the messages generated by the network communications manager 40 of the zone player 11(n) will provide the network communications manager of the zone player 11(n') that is to join the synchrony group 20 with information such as the multi-cast address being used by the audio information channel device 23 that is providing the audio program to the synchrony group 20, as well as a unicast network address for the audio information channel device 23.
  • the network communications manager and network interface of the zone player 11(n') that is to join the synchrony group 20 can begin receiving the multi-cast messages containing the audio program for the synchrony group, engage in SNTP transactions with the audio information channel device 23 to obtain the latter's current time, and also enable the audio information channel device 23 to send the zone player 11(n') frames 51(f) that it had previously broadcast using the unicast message transmission methodology as described above.
  • the network communications manager 40 and network interface 41 of the zone player 11(n) receive a message over the network 12 indicating that it is to become a slave device 22(g) of a synchrony group for which another zone player 11(n') is the master device, the network communications manager 40 for zone player 11(n) will provide a notification to the control module 42 of zone player 11(n). Thereafter, the control module 42 of zone player 11(n) can enable the network communications manager 40 of zone player 11(n) to perform the operations described above to enable it to join the synchrony group 20.
  • the user using user interface module 13, can enable the synchrony group to terminate playback of a track of an audio program that is currently being played. After playback of a track that is currently being played has been terminated, playback will continue in a conventional manner with the next track that has been buffered in the audio information buffer 31. It will be appreciated that that could be the next track that is on the original play list, or a previous track.
  • the user can enable the synchrony group 20 to cancel playback of a track that it has not yet begun to play, but for which buffering of packets has begun in the synchrony group 20.
  • Both of these operations make use of the "resynchronize" command that the master device 21 of the synchrony group 20 can enable the audio information channel device 23 to include in the multi-cast message stream that it transmits to the synchrony group 20.
  • the members of the synchrony group 20 flush the ring buffer containing the packets that they are to play in the future.
  • the members of the synchrony group provide separate buffers for their respective digital to analog converters 33, the members will also flush those buffers as well.
  • Packet Sequence A comprises a sequence of six packets, identified by packet 57 through packet 62, that the audio information channel device 23 multi-casts in respective messages to the members of a synchrony group 20. It will be appreciated that the series of messages that the audio information channel device 23 may multi-cast to the synchrony group 20 may include a messages prior to the packet 57, and may also include messages after packet 62.
  • Each packet comprises a packet header, which is symbolized by lines (A1.0), (A2.0),...(A6.0) in Packet Sequence A, and will generally also include information associated with at least a portion of a frame. In the packets represented in Packet Sequence A, each packet includes information associated with a plurality of frames.
  • each packet may contain information associated with a portion of a frame, an entire frame, or multiple frames.
  • each packet may contain information associated with multiple frames.
  • a packet does not necessarily contain information associated with an integral number of frames; in that case, a packet may contain information associated with a portion of a frame, and the next packet will contain the information associated with the rest of a frame.
  • line (A1.2) of packet 57 represents the one-hundredth frame, that is, frame 51(100) (reference FIG.4 ), of the track whose audio information is being transmitted in the sequence of packets that includes packet 57.
  • line (A1.3) of packet 57 represents the one-hundred and first frame, that is, frame 51(101), of the track whose audio information is being transmitted in the sequence of packets that includes packet 57.
  • the frame 51(101) is to be played at an illustrative time, according to the audio information channel device's digital to analog converter clock, of "0:00:02," and the frame is also encoded and/or compressed using the MP3 encoding and compression methodology.
  • Line (A1.4) of packet 57 represents similar information, although it will be appreciated that, depending on the length of packet 57, the line may not represent the information for an entire frame 51(102) and/or its associated header.
  • packet 57 If the length of packet 57 is not sufficient to accommodate the information for the entire frame 51(102) and/or associated header, the information will continue in packet 58, as represented by line (A2.1) in Packet Sequence A. Similarly, if the length of packet 56 was not sufficient to contain the information for an entire frame 51(99) preceding frame 51(100), packet 57 (lines (A1.0) through 1.4) may contain any information from frame 51(99) that packet 56 was unable to accommodate.
  • the master device 21 or a slave device 22(g) in the synchrony group 20 receives the packet 57, its respective network communications manager 40 will update the time stamps associated with the various frames 51(f) as described above before buffering the respective frames in the respective audio information buffer 31.
  • Packets 58 and 59 contain information that is organized along the lines described above in connection with packet 57.
  • Packet 60 also contains, as represented by lines (A4.1) and (A4.2), information that is organized along the lines of the information represented by lines (Ax.1) and (Ax.2) ("x" equals an integer) described above in connection with packets 57 through 59.
  • packet 60 contains a resynchronize command, as represented by line (A4.3).
  • Packet 60 also may contain padding, as represented by line 4.4, following the resynchronize command.
  • the master device 21 of a synchrony group 20 will enable the audio information channel device 23 that is providing audio information to the synchrony group 20 to multi-cast a message containing the resynchronize command when it receives notification from the user interface module 13 that the user wishes to cancel playback of a track that is currently being played.
  • time 0:00:08
  • the audio information channel device 23 multi-casts a message containing a packet that, in turn, contains the resynchronize command when it receives the notification from the master device 21 to do so.
  • the packet will be multi-cast when the audio information channel device's digital to analog converter clock time corresponds to"0:00:07." Subsequently, two things happen.
  • the master device 21 and slave devices 22(g) receive the packet that contains the resynchronize command, they will stop playing the audio program that they are playing.
  • the audio information channel device 23 will begin transmitting frames containing audio information for the next track, including therewith time stamps immediately following the digital to analog converter clock time at which the packet including the resynchronize command was transmitted. Accordingly, and with further reference to Packet Sequence A, the audio information channel device 23 will multi-cast a message containing packet 61. As indicated above, packet 61 contains, as represented in lines (A5.1) through (A5.3), frames 51(1) through 51(3), which are the first three frames of the next track of the audio program that is to be played.
  • Packet 61 also includes at least a portion of the next frame, that is, frame 51(4), for that track.
  • Packet Sequence A depicted above further includes a subsequent packet, namely, packet 62, that contains any necessary continuation of frame 51(4), as well as three subsequent frames. If any additional packets are required for the track, as well as for subsequent tracks, they can be multi-cast in a similar manner.
  • the resynchronize command can also be used to cancel playing of one or more tracks for which playback has begun. This will be illustrated in connection with Packet Sequence B :
  • Packet Sequence B comprises a series of seven packets, identified by packet 157 through 163 , that the audio information channel device 23 multi-casts to the members of a synchrony group 20.
  • the series of packets that the audio information channel device 23 may multi-cast to the synchrony group 20 may include packets prior to the packet 157, and may also include packets after packet 162.
  • Each packet comprises a packet header, which is symbolized by lines (B1.0), (B2.0),... (B7.0) in Packet Sequence B.
  • each packet will also generally include information associated with at least a portion of a frame 51(f) along with its associated frame 55(f).
  • each packet includes information associated with a plurality of frames. Depending on the lengths of the packets, each packet may contain information associated with a portion of a frame, an entire frame, or multiple frames. Further, as with Packet Sequence A, it is assumed that each packet may contain information associated with multiple frames. In addition, it is assumed that a packet does not necessarily contain information associated with an integral number of frames; in that case, a packet may contain information associated with a portion of a frame, and the next packet will contain the information associated with the rest of a frame.
  • Packet Sequence B illustratively contains a sequence of packets that represent at least portions of three tracks that may have been selected from, for example, a play list.
  • packets 157 through 159 represent frames from a portion of one track
  • packets 160 and 161 represent frames from a second track
  • packets 162 and 163 represent frames from a third track.
  • the play list indicated that the first, second and third tracks were to be played in that order.
  • line (B3.3) indicates that packet 159 includes an indication that that packet contains the last frame for the track, and line (B3.4) provides for padding to the end of the packet.
  • the first frame of the next track begins in packet 160.
  • packet 161 in line (B5.3) represents a resynchronize command that indicates that resynchronization is to occur after packet 159, that is, immediately after the packet that contains the last frame of the first of the three tracks represented by the packets in Packet Sequence B.
  • the resynchronize command is in the packet 161, while the resynchronization is to occur at packet 160, that is, the synchrony group is to not play the track starting with packet 160, but instead is to begin playing the track frames for which begin with the next packet, that is, packet 162.
  • the audio information channel device 23 in packet 162 and 163, multi-casts frames whose time stamps indicate that they are to be played when the frames that were multi-cast in packets 160 and 161 were to be played.
  • the audio information channel device can cancel playback of a track for which playback has not yet begun.
  • the resynchronize command is generally not necessary for cancelling play back of a track that the audio information channel device 23 has not started multi-casting to the synchrony group 20, since the audio information channel device 23 itself can re-order the play list to accommodate the cancellation.
  • the invention provides a number of advantages.
  • the invention provides a network audio system in which a number of devices share information can reproduce audio information synchronously, notwithstanding the fact that packets, which may contain digital audio information, transmitted over the network to the various zone players connected thereto may have differing delays and the zone players operate with independent clocks.
  • packets which may contain digital audio information
  • the invention will find utility in connection with any type of isochronous information for which synchrony among devices is desired.
  • the system is such that synchrony groups are created and destroyed dynamically, and in such a manner as to avoid requiring a dedicated device as the master device.
  • the audio information channel device 23 provides digital audio information to the members synchrony group 20 that has been encoded using particular types of encoding and compression methodologies
  • the audio information channel device 23 can provide digital audio information to various members of the synchrony group 20 that have been encoded and compressed using different types of encoding and compression methodologies, and, moreover, for which different sampling rates have been used.
  • the audio information channel device 23 may provide digital audio information to the master device 21 and slave devices 22(1) through 22(g 1 ) using the MP3 methodology at a specified sampling rate, the digital audio information for the same program to slave devices 22(g 1 +1) through 22(g 2 ) using the WAV methodology at one specified sampling rate, and to slave devices 22(g 2 +1) through 22(G) using the WAV methodology at another specified sampling rate.
  • the audio information channel device 23 can specify the particular encoding and compression methodology that has been used in the encoding type field 57 associated with each frame and the sampling rate in the sampling rate field 58.
  • the encoding and compression type and sampling rate can be changed from frame to frame.
  • the audio information channel device 23 may use different multi-cast addresses for the different encoding and compression types and sampling rates, but it will be appreciated that that would not be required.
  • two advantages of providing that the encoding and compression methodology and the sampling rate is provided on a frame-by-frame basis, instead of on, for example, a track-by-track basis, is that that would facilitate a slave device joining the synchrony group 20 at a frame mid-track, without requiring, for example, the master device 21 or the audio information channel device 23 to notify it of the encoding and compression methodology or the sampling rate.
  • the network communications manager 40 may instead generate the updated time stamp T U F by subtracting the differential time value ⁇ T from the member's current time T S as indicated by the member's digital to analog converter clock 34 at the time at which the digital audio information is received. It will be appreciated, however, that there may be variable time delays in processing of messages by the slave device's network communications manager 40, and so it may be preferable to generate the time differential value ⁇ T using the time stamp T F provided by the audio information channel device 23.
  • the network communications manager 40 can generate the time differential value ⁇ T and provide it to the member's playback scheduler 32.
  • the member's network communications manager 40 can store each digital audio information frame along with the time stamp T F as received from the master device in the audio information buffer 21.
  • the playback scheduler 32 can utilize the time differential value ⁇ T, and the time stamps T F associated with the digital audio information frames, to determine when the respective digital audio information frames are to be played.
  • the playback scheduler can add the time differential value to the time stamp T F associated with the digital audio frame, and enable the digital audio frame to be coupled to the digital to analog converter 33 when the time indicated by the sum corresponds to the current time as indicated by the slave device's digital to analog converter clock 34.
  • the playback scheduler can generate an updated current time T' S by subtracting the differential time value ⁇ T from the current time T S , and using the updated current time T' S to determine when to play a digital audio information frame.
  • the members of a synchrony group 20 periodically obtain the audio information channel device's current time value and uses the current time value that it receives from the audio information channel device to periodically update the time differential value ⁇ T that it uses in updating the time stamps associated with the various frames. It will be appreciated that, if the digital to analog converter clock(s) associated with the member(s) of a synchrony group 20 are ensured to have the same rate as the digital to analog converter clock, a member need only obtain the current time value from the audio information channel device once, at the beginning of playback.
  • the zone players are provided with digital to analog converter clock 34 whose time and rate can be set by an element such as the network communications manager 40
  • its network communications manager 40 can use the various types of timing information that it receives from the audio information channel device 23, including the current time information and the playback timing information indicated by the time stamps that are associated with the various frames 51 (f) comprising the audio and playback timing information that it receives, to adjust the synchrony group member's digital to analog converter clock's time value and/or the clock rate that it uses for playback.
  • the network communications manager 40 can set the synchrony group member's digital to analog converter clock 34 to the current time value as indicated by the audio information channel device's current time information.
  • the network communications manager 40 can set the clock 34 to the current time value indicated by the audio information channel device's current time information once, or periodically as it receives the current time information.
  • the network communications manager 40 can use that information, along with the updated time value T U Fx that is to be used for frame 51 (fx) to generate an expected updated time value T E fx + 1 , that is expected for the updated time stamp of the next frame 51(f x+1 ).
  • the synchrony group member's network communications manager 40 After the synchrony group member's network communications manager 40 receives the next frame 51(f x+1 ), it can generate the updated time value T U fx + 1 and compare that value to the expected updated time value T E fx + 1 .
  • the network communications manager 40 can adjust the rate of the digital to analog converter clock 34 to approach that of the clock used by the audio information channel device 23 so that the differential time value ⁇ T is constant.
  • the network communications manager 40 need not change the clock rate of the digital to analog converter clock 34.
  • the rate adjustment can be fixed, or it can vary based on, for example, the difference between the updated time value T U fx + 1 , and the expected updated time value T E fx + 1 .
  • the synchrony group member's network communications manager 40 can generate an expected updated time value T E fx + 2 that is expected for the updated time stamp of the next frame 51(f X+2 ) using the updated time value T U Fx determined for frame 51(f X ), along with the number of samples in a frame and the sampling rate, and compare the expected updated time value T E fx + 2 to the updated time value T U fx + 2 that it generates when it receives frame 51(f X+2 ).
  • the network communications manager 41 determines that two time values do not correspond, or if the difference between them is above a selected threshold level, it can adjust the rate of the digital to analog converter clock 34. Similar operations can be performed if no rate adjustment is performed for several successive frames 51(f X+1 ), 51(f X+2 ),.... This will accommodate the possibility that the rate differential between the clock 34 and the clock used by the audio information channel device 23 in generating the time stamps have rates that differ by an amount sufficiently small that it cannot be detected using time stamps of two or more successive frames.
  • the synchrony group member's network communications manager 40 can perform similar operations in connection with adjusting the clock rate in connection with the current time information that it receives from the audio information channel device 23.
  • the network audio system 10 has been described such that the master device 21 of a synchrony group 20 can, in response to control information provided thereto by a user through the user interface module 13, provide a notification to a zone player 11(n) that it is to become a member of its synchrony group 20 as a slave device 22(g), it will be appreciated that the user interface module 13 can provide the notification directly to the zone player 11(n) that is to become a member of the synchrony group 20.
  • the zone player 11(n) can notify the master device 21 that it is to become a slave device 22(g) in the synchrony group 20, after which the master device 21 can provide information regarding the synchrony group 20, including the multi-cast and unicast addresses of the audio information channel device and other information as described above.
  • the network audio system 10 has been described such that the master device 21 of a synchrony group 20 can, in response to control information provided thereto by a user through the user interface module 13, provide a command to a slave device 22(g) to enable the slave device 22(g) to adjust its volume, it will be appreciated that the user interface module 13 can provide control information directly to the slave device 22(g) to enable the slave device 22(g) to adjust its volume.
  • each frames 51(f) is associated with a frame sequence number (reference field 56, FIG. 4 )
  • the frame sequence numbers need not be provided, since the packet sequence numbers can suffice for defining the frame sequencing.
  • the network audio system 10 has been described such that the zone players 11(n) are provided with an audio amplifier 35 for amplifying the analog signal provided by the respective digital to analog converters 33, it will be appreciated that a zone player may be provided that does not itself include an audio amplifier. In that case, the analog signal may be coupled to an external amplifier for amplification as necessary before being provided to the audio reproduction device(s) 15(n)(r). It will be appreciated that a single zone player 11(n) may be provided with multiple audio amplifiers and audio reproduction device interfaces, and, if necessary, multiple digital to analog converters 33, to provide audio programs for corresponding numbers of synchrony groups.
  • zone players 11(n) have been described such that they may be connected to one or more audio information sources, it will be appreciated that an audio information source may form part of and be integrated into a zone player 11(n).
  • a zone player may include a compact disk player, cassette tape player, broadcast radio receiver, or the like, that has been integrated into it.
  • an individual zone player 11(n) may be connected to multiple audio information sources and may contemporaneously operate as the audio information channel device 23 for multiple synchrony groups.
  • FIG. 1 shows the network audio system 10 as including one user interface module 13, it will be appreciated that the system 10 may include a plurality of user interface modules. Each user interface module be useful for controlling all of the zone players as described above, or alternatively one or more of the user interface modules may be useful for controlling selected subsets of the zone players.
  • zone player 11(n) While a zone player 11(n) is operating as audio information channel device 23 for a synchrony group 20, when the zone player 11(n)'s audio information source interface 30 or network communications manager 40 stores digital audio information frames based on audio information from an audio information source 14(n)(s) in the audio information buffer 31, it will provide time stamps for the respective frames to schedule them for playback after some time delay after they have been buffered in the audio information buffer 31. The delay is provided so that, for other zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),... that are operating as members of a synchrony group, there will be sufficient time for the audio and playback timing information to be transferred over the network 12 to those other zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),...
  • the time period that is selected for the time delay may be fixed or variable, and in either case may be based on a number of factors. If the time period selected for the time delay is fixed, it may be based on, for example, factors such as an estimate of the maximum latency in the network 12, the estimated maximum loading of the various components comprising the zone players 11(n), and other estimates as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
  • the time delay may be the same for audio information from all types of audio information sources, and may be constant over the entire period that the synchrony group 20 is playing an audio work. Alternatively, different time delays may be utilized based on various criteria. For example, if the audio information is to be played independently of information associated with other types of media, the time delay may be selected to be relatively long, on the order of a significant fraction of a second, or longer.
  • the audio information is to be played contemporaneously with, for example, video information, which may be supplied by, for example, a video disk, video tape cassette, over cable, satellite, or broadcast television, which may not be buffered or which may be displayed independently of the network audio system 10, it may be undesirable to provide for such a lengthy delay, since the time delay of the audio playback, in relation to the video display, may be noticeable. In that case, the zone player 11(n) may provide for a much shorter time delay.
  • the time delay provided for audio information to be played concurrently with video information is selected to be generally on the order of fifty milliseconds, which would barely, if at all, be perceptible to someone viewing the video. Other desirable time delays for information from other types of sources will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the zone player 11(n) when operating as an audio information channel device 23 for a synchrony group 20, can dynamically determine the time delay based on a number of conditions in the network audio system 10, including, for example, the message transfer latency in network 12, the loading of microprocessors or other components that are used in the various zone players 11(n'), 11(n"),... that may comprise a synchrony group 20, as well as other factors. For example, if the audio information channel device 23 determines that the latency in the network 12 has increased beyond a selected threshold, the audio information channel device 23 can adjust the delay to increase the likelihood that the members of the synchrony group 20 will be able to receive the packets and process the frames so that they will be able to play them at the appropriate times.
  • the audio information channel device 23 can adjust the delay accordingly. It will be appreciated that, to reduce or minimize possible discontinuities in the audio playback by the members of the synchrony group, the audio information channel device 23 can, instead of adjusting the time delay during a particular audio track, adjust the time delay between tracks, during silent periods of a track or otherwise as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art. In addition, the audio information channel device 23 can use conventional audio compression methodologies to facilitate a speeding up and/or slowing down of playback of an audio track while it is in the process of providing additional time delay.
  • the members of the synchrony group 20 can provide notifications to the audio information channel device 23 if they determine that they will need an additional time delay, and the audio information channel device 23 can adjust the time delay in accordance with the notifications from the members of the synchrony group 20.
  • a system in accordance with the invention can be constructed in whole or in part from special purpose hardware or a general purpose computer system, or any combination thereof, any portion of which may be controlled by a suitable program.
  • Any program may in whole or in part comprise part of or be stored on the system in a conventional manner, or it may in whole or in part be provided in to the system over a network or other mechanism for transferring information in a conventional manner.
  • the system may be operated and/or otherwise controlled by means of information provided by an operator using operator input elements (not shown) which may be connected directly to the system or which may transfer the information to the system over a network or other mechanism for transferring information in a conventional manner.
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